Vietnam Protest: Introduction 1.TV coverage brought the Vietnam War into people’s homes. 2.Both Hawks (people who supported the war) and Doves (people who preferred peace) criticized how the war was fought. 3.Student groups and others built the anti-war movement.

Vietnam Protest: Introduction 4. Martin Luther King Jr. thought resources could be better spent on ending poverty. He also thought the war sent too many young men of color to fight and die. 5. Some people protested by burning the American flag, occupying buildings and burning their draft cards. 6. President Kennedy & President Johnson’s Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara even began to doubt the success of the war and the strategy of sending more troops to Vietnam.

Where is Vietnam?

The Vietnam War: Why Protest? A picture is worth a thousand words.

What is the U.S. Role in Vietnam? Accused of imperialism by protesters. Imperialism - Imperialism - a policy or practice by which a country increases its power by gaining control over other areas of the world

Is this your neighbor?

Who are we fighting? The US had taken the position of opposing the spread of communism in the world. American troops became involved in the war in Vietnam, where the Vietnamese had won their independence from the French a few years earlier

Why is he doing this? Passers-by stop to watch as flames envelope a young Buddhist monk, Saigon, October 5th, 1963.Passers-by stop to watch as flames envelope a young Buddhist monk, Saigon, October 5th, 1963.

Is protest worth your own life? Is protest worth your own life? Students at Kent State University are shot at a protest on May 4, 1970Students at Kent State University are shot at a protest on May 4, 1970

Why would people support the War?

How far is too far?

Why was he involved?

Under what circumstances is protest or rebellion against the government acceptable?